Prisoner (Ryan Adams album)
# Prisoner (Ryan Adams album)

Prisoner is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams. It was released on February 17, 2017. The album is Adams' first album of original material since his 2014 album, Ryan Adams, and was preceded by the singles "Do You Still Love Me?", "To Be Without You", and "Doomsday".

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Consequence of Sound | A |
| Mojo | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Uncut | |
| Pitchfork | (6.2/10) |

Prisoner received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 79 based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars, calling it "charming", and said that "it's not a record that wallows in hurt, it's an album that functions as balm for bad times." Writing for Slant Magazine, Jeremy Winograd rated the album four of five stars and said that Prisoner is "one of Adams's most sonically artful albums to date."

### Accolades

| Publication | Rank | List |
| - | - | - |
| Billboard | N/A | 27 Best Albums of 2017 So Far |
| Consequence of Sound | 1 | 25 Best Albums of 2017 So Far |
| NME | N/A | 20 Best Albums of 2017 So Far |
| Paste | 13 | 20 Best Albums of 2017 So Far |
| Uproxx | 10 | 50 Best Albums of 2017 So Far |

## Commercial performance

Prisoner debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 with 45,000 album-equivalent units, 42,000 of which were pure album sales.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryan Adams, except where noted. All tracks were produced by Adams.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

* Ryan Adams – guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals, synthesizer, piano, harmonica, cover painting, photography, producer
* Johnny T. Yerington – drums, percussion, photography
* Charlie Stavish – bass guitar (1, 11, 12), engineer, mixing
* Mike Viola – guitar (1)
* Daniel Clarke – organ (1)
* Jason Boesel – drums (1)
* Joe Sublett – saxophone (11)

### Technical

* Noah Abrams – photography
* Beatriz Artola – engineer, mixing
* Reuben Cohen – mastering
* Rachel Jones – assistant engineer
* Phil Joy – engineer
* Lee Foster – assistant engineer
* Gavin Lurssen – mastering
* Scott Newton – photography
* Andy West – design

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | February 17, 2017 | CD DL LP | PAX AM/Blue Note | |
